REUTERS News, Jan 10, 2011

1. Britain, China sign $4 billion of deals ‎ Reuters - Adrian Croft - 3 hours ago LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Britain and China signed business deals worth around 2.6 billion pounds ($4 billion) on Monday, ... UK, Chinese firms sign 2.6 bln pounds of deals ‎ - Reuters China committed to more open market- vice premier ‎ - Reuters Africa Scotland-China sign $10 mln waste energy deal ‎ - Reuters Africa all 1227 news articles »

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2. Oberthur urges clarity on India as bid deadline set ‎ Reuters UK - Matt Scuffham - 4 hours ago LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - France's Oberthur Technologies [FCOFDO.UK] called on De La Rue (DLAR.L) to clarify the state of its relationship ...

3. PetroChina buys into INEOS refineries in France,UK ‎ Reuters - Chen Aizhu - Jim Bai - 5 hours ago BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Chinese oil giant PetroChina agreed on Monday to buy into two refineries in France and ... FACTBOX-PetroChina's global trading portfolio ‎ - Reuters Africa all 168 news articles » HKG:0857

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4. UK govt will not limit banks' bonus pools -spokesman ‎ Reuters - Matt Falloon - 5 hours ago LONDON Jan 10 (Reuters) - The British government will not set limits on the total amount of bonuses banks can pay their staff this year, a spokesman for ... Video: Cameron critical of bank bonuses ITN NEWS Cameron wants UK banks to pay smaller bonuses ‎ - Reuters all 604 news articles »

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5. Debenhams says snow takes shine off Xmas sales ‎ Reuters UK - James Davey - 9 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - Debenhams (DEB.L), Britain's number two department store group, claimed it was winning market share from rivals as it ...

6. "Undercover cop" at centre of eco-trial collapse ‎ Reuters UK - Avril Ormsby - Steve Addison - 9 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - The trial of six green campaigners, accused of trying to shut down one of Britain's biggest power stations, collapsed on Monday amid ...

7. Smith & Nephew jumps 13 percent on reported J&J bid ‎ Reuters - Paul Sandle - Ben Hirschler - 10 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Smith & Nephew, Europe's largest maker of replacement knees and hips, hit a record high Monday ... S&N rejected 7 billion pound bid approach from J&J - report ‎ - Reuters UK all 173 news articles » JNJ - LON:SN

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8. UN chief Ban ki-Moon 'deplores' demolition of E. Jerusalem hotel ... ‎ Ha'aretz - 4 hours ago Ban ki-Moon says destruction of Shepherd Hotel only serves to heighten tensions between Israel and the Palestinians. Jerusalem and said it only served to ... Israel hit by rockets, Gaza farmer killed near border ‎ - Reuters UN's Ban "deplores" Israel demolition of hotel ‎ - Reuters Netanyahu defends settlement after US criticism ‎ - Reuters all 1757 news articles »

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9. Sporting Index hires Thomson Reuters exec ‎ CITY A.M. - Jenny Forsyth - 10 hours ago SPORTS spread betting firm Sporting Index Group has hired former Thomson Reuters senior executive Mark Redwood as its non-executive chairman. ...

10. December house prices fall faster than forecast ‎ Reuters UK - Fiona Shaikh - Toby Chopra - 14 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - House prices fell at their fastest annual rate in more than a year in December, mortgage lender Halifax said on Monday, ...

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DISCOVERIES

1. NASA reports first rocky planet outside our solar system ‎ USA Today - Dan Vergano - 1 hour ago State University, crowns a recent series of discoveries of "exoplanets" close in ... "Sometimes great scientific discoveries come at the end of a long and ... In search for Earth-size world, a historic first: Kepler finds ... ‎ - Christian Science Monitor Kepler Finds First Definitively Rocky Exoplanet ‎ - Wired News (blog) NASA's Kepler Mission finds first rocky planet outside our solar ... ‎ - The Sociable Science News - Washington Post (blog) all 183 news articles »

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2. Discoveries of meth labs reach record highs last year in Tulsa ‎ Tulsa World - Nicole Marshall - 14 hours ago Before 2009, the last record year for meth lab discoveries in Tulsa was 2003, when 214 labs were found. The production of meth in Tulsa and across the state ...

3. IBM sets patent record; RTP involved in 500 of 5896 discoveries ‎ Local Tech Wire (blog) - 5 hours ago By Local Tech Wire Research Triangle Park, NC — IBM (NYSE: IBM), with a big boost from researchers at its campus in Research Triangle Park, set a record of ... IBM

4. Travelodge reveals lost and found discoveries ‎ Eastlothian Today - 1 day ago A case full of wigs, a teddy bear worth £1000 and a suitcase filled with chocolate bars are some of the unusual items that were left at a Travelodge in ... Travelodge reveals lost and found discoveries ‎ - Leamington Spa Today Travelodge reveals lost and found discoveries ‎ - Lytham Today all 61 news articles »

5. "Noble Energy knows how to play the Washington game" ‎ Globes - 9 hours ago In an interview with "Globes", against the background of the Sheshinski Committee recommendations on taxation of gas discoveries, he warns that congressmen ... Israel Finds Natural Gas, Controversy Ensues ‎ - The Epoch Times all 3 news articles » NBL

6. Scores of discoveries to be realized at Rago's auction Jan. 14 ‎ Auction Central News - 1 hour ago LAMBERTVILLE, NJ – Stylish, useful and fresh property at affordable prices is what Rago's Discovery Auctions are all about. Rago's next Discovery Auction ...

7. Scientific passions - Dr Rupika Delgoda and team make life ... ‎ Jamaica Observer - Nadine Wilson - 12 hours ago All are eager, like Dr Delgoda, to make discoveries that will help to change lives, and spend hours working to achieve this goal. "We are passionate about ...

8. New Oil Discoveries in Bahrain to be Confirmed ‎ Global Arab Network - English News - Adnan Kassar - 1 day ago Bahrain (Manama) - Bahraini Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs Abd al-Husayn Mirza has said that confirmation of new oil discoveries in the Kingdom of Bahrain ...

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9. Two recent discoveries point to increased West Africa exploration ‎ Gerson Lehrman Group - Michael Lynch - 6 hours ago Tullow announced that the Tweneboa-3 appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano license offshore Ghana has cut34 net meters of gas condensate pay in two high ... Bowleven to extend Sapele-1 drilling as it discovers more ... ‎ - Proactive Investors UK Wildcat off Cameroon encounters more pay ‎ - Oil & Gas Journal Bowleven finds more oil at key Cameroon well ‎ - Reuters Africa PennEnergy- Energy News (press release) all 16 news articles »

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10. Watching The World: A Mediterranean hotbed ‎ Oil & Gas Journal - Eric Watkins - 7 hours ago The eastern Mediterranean Sea is the scene of stepped-up interest on the part of governments in the region, most of them piqued by recent discoveries of oil ...